The Cambridge History of British Theatre 3 Volume Paperback Set: The Cambridge History of British Theatre
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781107497115
ISBN-10: 1107497116
Pagini: 1738
Ilustrații: 109 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 230 x 80 mm
Greutate: 2.77 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria The Cambridge History of British Theatre
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1107497116
Pagini: 1738
Ilustrații: 109 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 230 x 80 mm
Greutate: 2.77 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria The Cambridge History of British Theatre
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Volume
1.
Origins
to
1660:
General
preface;
Chronology;
Part
I.
Pre-Elizabethan
Theatre:
1.
From
Roman
to
Renaissance
in
drama
and
theatre;
2.
Faith,
pastime,
performance
and
drama
in
Scotland
to
1603;
3.
The
Bible
as
play
in
Reformation
England;
4.
Drama
in
1553:
continuity
and
change;
Part
II.
Elizabethan
Theatre:
5.
The
development
of
a
professional
theatre,
1540–1660;
6.
Drama
outside
London
after
1540;
7.
'An
example
of
courtesy
and
liberality':
great
households
and
performance;
8.
The
birth
of
an
industry;
9.
Theatre
and
controversy,
1572–1603;
10.
The
condition
of
theatre
in
England
in
1599;
11.
Ben
Jonson's
Every
Man
in
His
Humour:
a
case
study;
12.
London
professional
playhouses
and
performances;
Part
III.
Jacobean
and
Caroline
Theatre:
13.
Working
playwrights,
1580–1642;
14.
Theatre
and
controversy,
1603–42;
15.
The
Stuart
masque
and
its
makers;
16.
Clowns,
fools
and
knaves:
stages
in
the
evolution
of
acting;
17.
Thomas
Middleton's
A
Game
at
Chess:
a
case
study;
18.
The
condition
of
the
theatres
in
1642;
19.
Theatre
and
Commonwealth;
Works
cited;
Index.
Volume
2.
1660–1895:
Preface
and
acknowledgements;
Timeline:
1660
to
1894;
Part
I.
1660–1800:
1.
Introduction:
the
theatre
from
1660
to
1800;
2.
Theatres
and
repertory;
3.
Theatre
and
the
female
presence;
4.
Theatre,
politics
and
morality;
5.
Theatre
companies
and
regulation;
6.
The
Beggar's
Opera:
a
case
study;
7.
Garrick
at
Drury
Lane,
1747–76;
8.
Theatre
outside
London,
1660–1775;
9.
1776:
a
critical
year
in
perspective;
10.
The
theatrical
revolution,
1776–1843;
Part
II.
1800
to
1895:
11.
Introduction:
the
theatre
from
1800
to
1895;
12.
Presence,
personality
and
physicality:
actors
and
their
repertoires,
1776–1895;
13.
Theatres,
their
architecture
and
their
audiences;
14.
Stage
design
from
Loutherbourg
to
Poel;
15.
Theatre
and
mid-Victorian
society,
1851–1870;
16.
Gendering
Victorian
theatre;
17.
Popular
entertainment,
1776–1895;
18.
The
Bells:
a
case
study;
a
'bare-ribbed
skeleton'
in
a
chest;
19.
The
new
drama
and
the
old
theatre;
20.
1895:
a
critical
year
in
perspective;
Bibliography
of
works
cited;
Index.
Volume
3.
Since
1895:
Acknowledgements;
Chronology;
List
of
illustrations;
Part
I.
1895–1946:
1.
British
theatre,
1895–1946:
art,
entertainment,
audiences
–
an
introduction;
2.
The
London
stage,
1895–1918;
3.
Provincial
stages,
1900–1934:
touring
and
early
repertory
theatre;
4.
Popular
theatre,
1896–1940;
5.
Case
study:
Cicely
Hamilton's
Diana
of
Dobson's,
1908;
6.
A
critical
year
in
perspective:
1926;
7.
The
London
stage,
1918–45;
8.
Social
commitment
and
aesthetic
innovation,
1895–1946;
PART
II.
Scottish
and
Welsh
Theatres,
1895–2002:
9.
Towards
national
identities:
theatre
in
Scotland;
10.
Case
study:
Ena
Lamont
Stewart's
Men
Should
Weep,
1947;
11.
Towards
national
identities:
Welsh
theatres;
12.
Case
study:
refashioning
a
myth,
performances
of
the
tale
of
Blodeuwedd;
Part
III.
1940–2002:
13.
British
theatre,
1940–2002:
an
introduction;
14.
The
establishment
of
mainstream
theatre,
1946–79;
15.
Alternative
theatres,
1946–2000;
16.
Developments
in
the
profession
of
theatre,
1946–2000;
17.
Case
study:
Theatre
Workshop's
Oh
What
a
Lovely
War,
1963;
18.
1979
and
after:
a
view;
19.
British
theatre
and
commerce,
1979–2000;
20.
New
theatre
for
new
times:
decentralisation,
innovation
and
pluralism,
1975–2000;
21.
Theatre
in
Scotland
in
the
1990s
and
beyond;
22.
Theatre
in
Wales
in
the
1990s
and
beyond;
23.
English
theatre
in
the
1990s
and
beyond;
Bibliography;
Index.
Recenzii
'…
a
set
that
will
stand
as
the
most
valuable
resource
on
British
theater
for
some
time
to
come.
Essential.'
Choice
'… exceptional … destined to prove one of the most erudite, and yet accessible, resources for theatre scholars and students as well as serious theatre practitioners … must be hailed as perhaps the most carefully compiled and comprehensively covered history ever attempted. … I know of no library that has any other theatre history (focusing exclusively on British theatre) on its shelves to challenge this great new work's pole position in the theatre reference stakes … All in all, a great work.' Amateur Stage
'… exceptional … destined to prove one of the most erudite, and yet accessible, resources for theatre scholars and students as well as serious theatre practitioners … must be hailed as perhaps the most carefully compiled and comprehensively covered history ever attempted. … I know of no library that has any other theatre history (focusing exclusively on British theatre) on its shelves to challenge this great new work's pole position in the theatre reference stakes … All in all, a great work.' Amateur Stage
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A
major
illustrated
history
of
British
theatre
from
the
earliest
times
to
the
present
day.